Emma Watson, an actress who got famous on one series and modeled a few times (not well, I may add), was given creative control over a gown that was suppose to mimic what it was remaking. Not only does this dress look absolutely hideous it completely fails to mimic Belle’s gown from the movie, Beauty and the Beast. Emma Watson had refused to wear the corset because it wasn’t feminist–to be restricted like that. I’m neutral on that, but maybe if she didn’t want to wear a corset, she shouldn’t have taken a role that dates in 17th century France, where corsets are prominent.
I refuse to blame the costume department for this, because Emma had went in there and ultimately, was given creative control. She has spoken about working with the head designer, Jacqueline Durran, on the gown. From they way she spoke about it, it seemed like Emma was given more creative control than what she lets on. It’s unfair that an actress with no costume designing background was given control of her gown. Complaints and adjustments are okay and are actually apart of the costuming process, not giving the lead role complete control over their outfit.
Instead of a corset, Emma gave herself a bodice that has some sort of tinseled plastic mesh underneath it.
Over a 300 million dollar budget and they used glitter glue (in a striped pattern) on a delicate fabric.
It’s obvious that while the dress could be pretty for literally anything but a movie, it doesn’t work in a live action remake. It’s unfair to Durran that her job was taken over by someone who doesn’t know anything about costume design and they decided to blow their money redesigning the dress until it fit Emma, not Belle.
Ultimately, the dress was made for Emma, not the character she plays. In a fit of glitter glue and hatched hems, this gown that is suppose to be for a dated French movie turned into some girls prom dress that she got for 100$. Emma Watson clearly doesn’t know this, but usually you’re not suppose to have creative control of the costumes when you’re the actress. Unfortunately, this is actually a rookie mistake in the film industry, and very disappointing that it happened. Once you give too much power to the actors/actress’ this is what happens. Let’s hope that next Disney live action remake, they don’t give the actress complete creative control of her dress.
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Can’t believe that someone cares this much lmfao
Yeah! I can’t believe someone (particularly me, who went to school for costume design and works in film) would CARE so much about someone whose career and passion is in design having to cater to a self-righteous diva and be forced to squander a HUGE million-dollar opportunity to work with one of the greatest story telling corporations of our time only to have HER name forever tied to such a trainwreck after over a decade of working to build it up. Can’t believe someone actually cares that a mediocre white girl who has made herself the very face of feminism literally took the creative reigns from a female creative who already works in one of the most undervalued fields of film just to take a timeless classic and turn it into a lackluster facsimile of the original. WOW! Get a life, am I right? It’s not like anyone’s passion is film or design and this is the exact thing they’re terrified of happening to them as their career grows….
Wow it’s SO WEIRD how the things we see are REAL and REAL PEOPLE are involved in them and what happens to those people has a REAL EFFECT on actual people and their lives WWOW HURR HURR SO DUMB 2 CARE
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